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Patented July 12, 1887" UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

JosEPH BURNETT, or MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

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FaPECII-"IC'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,200, dated July 12,1887.

Application filed August 31, 1886. Serial No. M2343. (No model.)

The particular features or combination of' parts which form the subject-1natter of the present invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the drawings hereunto annexed similar letters of reference indicate like parts, and Figure 1 is a plan of a paper-holder on which are collected letters or'documents, 8m. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the paper-holder shown in- Fig. 1. In this figure the board 8 1s represented as slightly inclined-that is to say, in the position indicated by the dotted line 1 in Fig. 3. i Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the paper-holder shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan, part in section, on line y 3 Fig. 3, with board 8 removed. Fig. 5 is an isometrical view of the parts by which the documents are held in place on the paper-holder. Fig. 6 is an isometrical detail, of the file. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the punching mechanism, taken partlyin section on line as, Fig. 2. Fig. Sis an isometrical View of the binder for holding the file, and letters, &c., placed thereon after the file has been filled. Fig. 9 is an i sometrical view of the catch.

Before beginning the particulardescription of the construction of my invention I would 4 explain that the letters or documents to be filed are first collected on a file secured in a paper-holder, which said file afterit has been filled is removed from the paper-holder and, with the documents upon it,'secured in abinder,

another file being supplied and secured in the 5 per-holder.

Letter a is a board of suitable dimensions,

at the top of which is attached a frame-work, I

b, and at the foot of which is attached the punching mechanism 0. The framework b consists of a base, d, the lower ends of which are formed into sockets 6. Made integral with the base (2 are three projections, f, g, and h. These arebound together at their upper extremities by a cross-bar, i. and h are provided with arms 7c, and the pro jection g is provided with a slot-opening, Z.

m is an eyeformed upon the base d,for hanging the whole apparatus up by.

In the slotopening Z is placed :a slide, a, which is free to move up and down, and to be secured in position by an ordinary screwed thumb-nut, 0. arm terminated in an eye, 19, and to it is pivoted an arm terminated in an eye, g, at one end and a flange, r, at the other. (See Figs. 1, 3, and 5.) To the fiangeris attached aboard, s, the lower edge of which engages with ordinary graduated springcatehes, t.

The file (see Fig. 6) consists of a base-piece, a, provided with projections 12, fitted to be received within the sockets e, openings 0 be ing formed in the sockets e and projections I), so that by the pins cl the base a is rigidly attached to the base (I.

s is a projection formed on the base a or not, as desired. As shown in Figs. 2-, 3, 4, and 5, it is present. As shown in Figs. 6 and 8, it is absent. When present, it serves as the means for removing the file from the sockets e, by providing a surface upon which to press (upon the top of it) and force the projections b out of the sockets e.

In the base aare secured the tubes 0, in the position and of the relative height shown, and when the file is in position the tubes 0 are im mediatcly under the ends of the arms is. (See Figs. 3 and 5.) To the ends of the arms are pivoted swinging bars f, preferably provided with pointed ends, (but beveled ends might be used,) to agree with the beveled ends of the tubes 6, and so arranged as to the pivots 9, that they may be turned to the positions indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

With regard to the punching mechanism 0 shown, as I do not claim any invention in it per se, it will suffice to say that it is of a double form arranged to punch two holes in the top The projections f On the slide a is formed an of the letter or document to be filed, of suitable size and distance apart to agree with the size and distance that the two tubes 6' are apart.

In Fig. 8 is shown all that is necessary to illustrate a binder of suitable size to receive the file after it' has been filled with letters or documents.

In one end of the binder is provided two sockets, to, to receive the projections b of the file. These are so arranged that when the projections b are put into position with them, as shown in Fig. 8, the holes 0' (see Fig. 6) are sufficiently beyond the sockets a to allow of the introduction of the pins 2), which in this case are preferably made integral with a bar, c, (see Fig 9,) but not necessarily so made, as they might be separate pins similar to the pins (1, only longer.

The pins I) are made sufficiently long not only to pass through the projections b, but also through the bottom a? of the binder, and are about flush with its under side. I here wish to remark that I do not confine myself to the precise means above described for securing the file in the sockets a, as quite a quantity of contrivances may be arranged for this purpose, which would be equivalent to what I have described.

e is a bar. This is hinged, as shown by dotted lines at to the binder d", and provided with any suitable catch, 9, for holding its other extremity down in the recess h i is a cover, hinged to the binder d in any ordinary manner, of suitable size to form a proper cover to the binder.

, It. is a removable bracket, which may at pleasure be placed in connection with the binder and file, as shown in Fig. 8, being se cured by a clamp, Z and set-screw m The operation of myinvention is as follows: The board 3 is first turned up from the position shown in solid lines in Fig. 3 to that indicated by dotted lines in the said figure. The letters or documents to be filed are first introduced to the punching mechanism and punched. They are each afterward taken and bent transversely to the form of the curved line 2 in Fig. 2, the edges of the paper being brought to the positions shown at 3 3. The swinging bars f are by the edges of the document slightly pushed on one side and the document straightened out to the position indicated by the dotted line 4 4, whereupon the holes that have been punched in it are passed down over the tubes 6, the swinging bars f returning by gravity to their normal position. After a sufficient number of letters or documents have been placed upon the tubes 6, the board 3, being held at the top end by the flange r and at the bottom end by the catches t, is

I brought down to press upon the letters and documents, and thus by keeping them continually pressed any creases or the like that may be in them aregradually taken out and the papers rendered compact or dense on the file.

As they increase, the position of thesiideain I the slot Z may be raised the amount requ1red for the one end of the board s, while the other end of the board 5 may be engaged with a higher notch in each of the catches t, thus adjusting the board 3 to the increased thickness of papers on the file. When the file has been filled, and it is desired not to place any more documents on it, the pins d are withdrawn, the projections b are drawn out of the sockets e, and another file placed in the sockets e, as before The file with letters or documents on it is then introduced and placed with its projections 12 in the sockets (H, as shownin Fig. 8. These are secured in place by the pins b ofthe bar a, the bar 0 being raised while the position shown in Fig. 8 and secured with an ordinary catch, 9".

I would here ekplain that with regard to the paper-holder shown by Figs. 1 to 6, inclusively, a number of the files shown in F1g. 6, and a number of binders, d", illustrated by Fig. 8, may be provided to one paper-holder, so that when the file in the paper-holder becomes full it may be removed to a binder and another file placed in the paper-holder. I

The letters and documents when placed in the binder d may be said to be permanently filed for being placed in a safe or other place for safe keeping; but as in the practice of everyday life it sometimes becomes necessary to remove from the file in the binder certain letters or documents which may have been considered no longer required, I will now 6X? plain how this will be. done, either from the file in the paper-holder or from the file 1n the binder.

First, as regards the file in the paper-holder. To remove a lower document, it is only necessary to turn up the .board 8 to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and turn up all the documents that are situated on the file above the one required to be removed until they are upon the arms 7:, where the board 8 will form a rest for them. Then by turning the swinging bars f slightly the paper may be removedfrom the file, after which the letters or papers that have been placed on the arms is may be returned to their position on the file and the board 8 turned down to press upon them.

Second, as regards the file when placed in the binder. For this purpose the bracket it", having arms 70 and clamp Z is provided and put in place, as shown in Fig. 8, after which bars, f, set to swing or open in opposite directions to one another, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, by which, when it is desired to turn up a quantity of the papers from the tubes 6 to the arms k, to get at alower paper, all danger of the papers coming off the file at the upper end of the tubes 6 is prevented, and loss of time in taking extra care is saved, for

should the swinging bars f be both made to swing in the same direction, eitherto the right 01' to the left, back or front, (we will say they are made to both swing to the right,) then a lateral motion of the papers to the right in moving them from the tubes 6 to the arms is would cause the swinging bars j" to swing and open a space between their lower ends and the upper ends of the tubes e, and some of the papers would be in danger of coming off the file, and so it would be in whatever direction they were both made to swing. This is looked upon as an important advantige, as it would be a very serious objection to have the papers come off the file when they are not required to do so.

WVhat I claim, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. The combination of the board a, two arms, k, and two tubes, 0, secured thereon, substantially as described, and two swinging bars, f pivoted to arms 70, set to swing in different d1- rections, the whole arranged substantially as described; for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the board a, arms k,

swinging bars f, attachable and detachable base a, having tubes 6', the whole constructed and arranged substantially as described.

3. The combination of the board at, arms 75, bars f, detachable base a, having tubes 6, and board 8, the whole constructed and ar ranged substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination of the board a, base d, having projections f and h, and projection 9, having slot Z, also having sockets 6, arms in, bars f, base a, having projections b, and tubes e,slide n, having arm and eye 1), arm having eye q and flange 7, board 8, and catches t, the whole constructed and arranged substantially as described. m

5. The combination of the binder d file secured therein, as described, with removable and replaceable bracket is", having arms 70, and swinging barsf, the whole constructed and arranged substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

6. The combination of the binderd having bar 0', and sockets a, file, as described, bracket 70 arms 7r, and bars f, the Whole arranged and operating substantially as described.

, JOSEPH BURNETT.

Witnesses:

CHARLES G. O. SIMPsoN, A. A. SIMPSON. 

